Kitchen with ovens 70, overhead view

Kitchen with ovens 70, overhead view. Mari
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The central space of service area O, linked both to the official area M on the ground floor and to the King's apartments (F) on the upper floor, this vast kitchen (8.85 x 7 m) was used to supply banquets for hundreds of people held in the court of the palms 106 (?) as well as for private royal receptions. The main features include large kiln-fired brick ovens, large storage jars and basalt millstones.

Mission archéologique de Mari. N° 1753. Photo A. Bianquis, 20 January 1936. Archives André Parrot

Mission archéologique de Mari. N° 1753. Photo A. Bianquis, 20 January 1936. Archives André Parrot

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